04 May 2012

I Blame the Parents

I want to punch stupid parents. I
really hate the direction our children are going in right now. As an
after school tutor (for one of my many jobs), I currently have a
class of 20 sixth graders. This morning I made the terrible mistake
of going through their grades and missing assignments. Mind you, I'm
able to access their grades and missing assignments through the exact
same portal as their parents. There are some students who had more
than 3 F's (out of 6 classes) and more than 10 missing
assignments—usually the same students whose parents pick them up
early to go home. Why aren't they checking if their homework is
complete, turned in and graded? How are schools allowing 11 year olds
to flunk middle school English, but turning a blind eye to it as
they gaily skip across the graduation stage? WTF?

If this is just one small microscopic
subsection of California, then what the hell is occurring in the rest
of the world?? I blame so many people, but parents especially. What
type of parents are relying solely on teachers, students and tutors
to make sure that their children are succeeding in school? Teachers
can only do so much. Students are only going to do what they can get
away with doing. And us tutors can only do so much in the short
amount of time before the parents come scoop their students up to
take them to buy their next undeserved iPad and $800 cell phone.

I plan on being a teacher because I
want to help children reach their full potential. However, it's
difficult when parents don't take the time out to verify that their
child's work is done before rushing out to stand in a Black Friday
line so their child can get the iPhone 8GS and brag about it to their
friends. Instead of occupying a Best Buy line, encourage your
children to occupy a damn classroom. How the fuck is your 11-year-old
flunking out of 6th grade?! Your child's 1.3 GPA is being
held up by the strength of a P.E. and an Art class.

Allowing your child to receive lower
than a “C” average in grade school, to me, is a form of child
abuse. You are neglecting them and reducing their chances of
succeeding in life. You're substituting proper care and attention for
unmerited gifts and costly fuckery. Save that money and buy yourself
a clue. If anything, reward them for actually achieving something
other than proving that there is a GPA lower than 1.0!

Just my little bit of 2¢.

♥
Phoenix

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